End gate



Jan. 10, 1928.

F. F. BADEN ENDGATE Filed March 17. 1927 Patented Jan. 10, 1928.

UNITED STATES FRED F. BADEN, F FEORIA ILLINOIS.

END GATE.

Application filed March 17, 1927. Serial No. 176,185.

This invention relates to end gates for wagons and trucks, having particular reference to an end gate made up of hingedly connected sections.

An object of the invention is to provide an end gate of sections hinged together, which while adapted to s rve in the usual capacity of retaining materials ca ried by a vehicle, may be adjusted to positions whereby it may act as a. chute for dumping a flowable material at either side of such vehicle.

Another objectis to provide an end gate of hinged sections which may be adjusted to positions for shoveling materials therefrom either to the right or left of the vehicle and yet be employed in the same manner as is the ordinary form of rigid endgate.

To the end that my invention may be fully understood I have provided the accompanying drawing wherein Figure 1 is a plan ofa part of a vehicle body and my endgate in its closedposition thereon.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the endgate whenvused as a closure for the vehicle body.

Figure 3 is a plan on a smaller scale of a portion of the vehicle body and my end gate when used as a chute or for shoveling materials from the vehicle at one side Figure a is a detail in section of a hinge connection taken on lines 4 -4, Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of part of the vehicle body, and the end gate as positioned in Figure 3, and

Figure 6 is a rear elevation of said body and end gate showing the latter again as positioned in said Figure 3.

Quite often it is desired that materials such as sand, gravel, earth and the like he delivered toward one side of the vehicle rather than directly in the rear thereof. I have therefore devised an end gate of hinged sections that can be adjusted for use as a chute for the above purpose but which can be used as a flat shoveling board when de sired. I

The characters '1 and 2 designate the sides and bed respectively, of a vehicle whether a truck or wagon, while 3 maybe any suitable upright stay from which to suspend the end gate to be described, as will appear later.

The end gate as I construct it consists of sections hingedly connected, there being shown in the present instance four of such sections denoted by l, 5, 6 and 7 all hinged together as shown in Figure 2, the whole forming a rectangular member of the size required for any given size of vehicle body. The section 4 at its top edge constitutes the upper edge of-the end gate while its opposite edge is cut at an angle in opposite directions coming together at the middle of its width in a pointin the form of an inverted A. The section 5 is similarly formed the points of both sections lying adjacent one another the straight edgeof said section 5 being hinged to the bed 2 of the vehicle. The sections 6 and 7 are identical in form, triangular,'and lie in the angular spaces between the said sections i and 5, the adjacent edges of the several sections being substantially parallel and hinged to one another.

The type of hinge for connecting the several sections to one another and for connecting the section 5 to the vehicle bed 2 may be as shown in Figure 4 wherein 8 and 9 indicate a plurality of closely placed U-shaped straps connected to the parts as by rivets 10 and preferably let into the parts so as to present a. flush surface for the endgate throughout, while a hinge pin 11 extends through all. of the straps from end to end. I

its an aid in the understanding of the adjustments to be described the hinge connecting the section 5' to the bed 2 is denoted in general by the character 12, the hinge connecting the sections 4 and 6 by the character 13, the hinge between the sections 4; and 7 by .14, and that connecting 6 and 5 by 15, while the hinge between sections 7 and 5 is denoted by 16.

It will be readily seen that the sections +1- and 7 as a unit may hinge upon and with respect to the sections 6 and 5 through the hinges l3 and 16 as shown in Figures 5 and 6. That is to say the sections 5 and 6 may be lowered so as to lie in the same plane as the bed 2 Figure 5; and the sections and 7 may take a substantially ver tical position. In this position of the sections the end gate answers as a chute for discharging a load toward the left side of the vehicle as viewed in the drawing, that position being maintained through the use of'a chain 17, for example attached to an eye 18 on the section 4 and a hook 19 on the upright stay 3 shown at the right of Figure 3. The gate is thus held so that the sections 5 and 6 form the floor of the chute while the sections t and 7 form a rear stop for preventing the material discharged from leaving the vehicle body rearwardly.

The position of the parts may be reversed so that the delivery ot' the load may be toward the right in which event the sections 5 and 7 will constitute the tloor portion of the constituted chute while sections a and (3 term the stop portion at the rear. This alternative position is indicated in brolcen lines in Figures 3 and 6, it being required that the hinges and 1-l be used in lieu of hinges 13 and 16 as before. In this event, also, the chain 1'7 at the opposite side is used as the supporting means as will be well understood.

If it is desired that an end gate be constructed for permanent delivery at one side only the said gate may be constructed oi but two sections using but one continuous hinge as l3-16 or 15l t depending upon the desire. In other words the end gate may include but one of the diagonally arranged hinged joints.

When the end gate is used to close the end of a vehicle body a rod 20 is employed which is inserted through keepers 21 and 22 on the sections d and 5 respectively, maintaining all of the sections in a single plane and relatively rigid.

Likewise the rod 20 may be used at such times as it is desired to suspend the entirely flat end gate horizontally from the vehicle for use as a shoveling board, longer chains,

P not shown, being employed for such suspension.

I claim: I

1. An end gate for vehicles severed diagonally in two opposite directions, the lines of separation crossing one another, and hinging members connecting the resultant sections.

'2. An end gate for vehicles severed diagonally from a position at one edge near its base line to an opposite edge, and hinging members connecting the separate sections.

3. An end gate for vehicles substantially rectangular in form consisting of two parts each. having an edge inclined at an angle to, its base line, the inclined edge of one bcing hingedly connected to the inclined edge of the other, the said edges thus connected extending diagonally of the structure.

t. An end gate for vehicles having a substantially rectangular form comprising two parts each having an edge inclined at an angleto its base line, the inclined edges of both paralleling one another, and hinge members connecting the parts at said edges, said edges extending substantially diagonally from one edge to the other of said gate.

5. An end gate of substantially rectangular torin consisting of hingedly connected sections, the hinged edges of the sections extending diagonally of, across and through the gate from one of its side edges to the other.

6. An end gate of substantially rectangular term for vehicles consisting of hingedly connected independent sections, one oi them adapted to'be hinged to the vehicle, the joined hinged edges of the sections extending diagonally across the gate at an angle to the edge having attachment to said vehicle.

7. An end gate for a wagon body eonsisting of four hingedly connected sections, the connected edges of such sections extending diagonally ot the end gate, in opposite directions, all out the sections adapted to lie I in a single plane when the end gate is closed upon the end of said body.

8. An end gate of substantially rectangular form consisting ot' tour hingedly connected sections, the connected hinged edges of such sections extending diagonally across the end gate at opposite angles, the line of separation of the edges crossing one another.

9. An end gate of substantially rectangular form for vehicles consisting of hingedly connected independent sections, one oi" them adapted to be hinged to a vehicle, the joined hinged edges of the sections extending diagonally across the gate at an angle to the edge having attachment to said vehicle, and means to secure the sections relatively rigid.

10. An end gate of substantially rectangular form for vehicles consisting of hingedly connected independent seetions,'one of them adapted to be hinged to the vehicle, the joined hinged edges of the sections extending diagonally across the gate at an angle to the edge having attachment to said vehicle, and means to secure the sections relatively rigid in one plane.

117 A 11 end gate of substantially rectangular form consisting of tour hingedly connected sections, the connected hinged edges of such sections extending diagonally across the end gate at opposite angles, the line of separation of the edges crossing one another, and means to secure the sections relatively rigid when all are lying in the same plane.

12. An end gate for a vehicle body consisting of four sections hinged to one another, the lines oi the hinged edges extending diagonally in opposite directions from opposite side edges of said gate and crossing one another, one of the said sections being hinged to the vehicle be y, means to suspend the end gate it'rom the said body with the last named section substantially parallel to the floor or" the same, certain of the sections in such suspended position adapted to have a position perpendicular to said last named section and lying at an angle to the side members of said body.

'In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

FRED I ADEN- 

